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I'm going to be in Cocoa Beach for a work trip soon. What's good to eat in the surrounding area? The company is giving me about $70 per day for food, and breakfast/lunch are generally already taken care of.

My boss is a cheapskate and is more worried about pocketing the per-diem pay, so places that easily cater to a single person are of interest to me, but anything in the area that's good is of interest.

I'm going to be in Cocoa Beach for a work trip soon. What's good to eat in the surrounding area? The company is giving me about $70 per day for food, and breakfast/lunch are generally already taken care of. My boss is a cheapskate and is more worried about pocketing the per-diem pay, so places that easily cater to a single person are of interest to me, but anything in the area that's good is of interest.
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A local area chain offering hot dogs as well as sandwiches beers and casual food. Really good, also boss might go with you as not very expensive.

Depending where in Cocoa Beach you're staying, just down on Satelite Beach is a hole in the wall (well actually it's a big tiki stand) jumbo burrito place called Da Kine Diegos. Famous for being a fav of all the Melbourne native pro surfers (a surprisingly many for FL). Its kinda like Chipotle except like you know good. Also pretty cheap.

For higher end delicious local seafood recommend . Really really good, but not cheap.

And of course local fav . Menu is varried and casual, food is good but you go for the vibe. Drinks and live music on the beach. Back in the day it had a wet t-shirt contest every saturday during the summer, but alas that is no more. But still fun place to chill and food is good. Be very comfortable there as a solo.

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Awesome, thank you. Looks like I have a weeks' worth of choices to make.

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You can use https://feederwatch.org to find locations of bird feeders in the area. Alternatively Florida is full of bugs so you shouldn't have trouble locating meals.

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Screw that. You eat the bugs. I'm eating pork.

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Screw that. You eat the bugs. I'm eating pork.

You don't exist.

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3645 N Atlantic Ave.

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I can get taco hell here. And Del Taco. And a million taco trucks.

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Thank you, will put it on the list.

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Talked to the person I'm travelling with. He says "Yeah, I've been there, will have no problem going back again."

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More general, but... Seafood is an obvious choice in Florida, but seek out Cuban too if you're slightly adventurous. I spend time in the NE coast area (Flagler Beach to Ponta Vedra), and we always enjoy good Cuban food there. Coming from the middle of the country, not much good seafood or Latin chow to be had here...

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Not a big fan of seafood, you just don't get much of that inland so I never developed a taste for it.

I've had Cuban-influence before, and that's a good point. Stuff there is probably about as accurate as you can get without going to Cuba.

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When I traveled for work, two cities per week for three years, I would look up the oldest restaurant in that city, had some spectacular meals, and never had a bad one.